为给嫡姐铺路，我被至亲联手逼入深宫替死。暴君脚下，我扯住龙袍轻笑：“陛下，想不想看一场好戏？”起初，我只是想活着。在吃人的宫廷里，我撕开温顺伪装，学会以妩媚为刃，以心计为甲。亲手送来的毒枕、湖水中嫡姐的惨叫、龙榻上帝王冰冷的审视……每一步都踏在刀尖，每一局都赌上性命。直到我掀开珠帘坐上龙椅，俯视匍匐的满朝文武——昔日将我视作垫脚石的家族，终在我掌心碾为齑粉；曾将我当作玩物的帝王，亦成为我权柄下的亡魂。从任人摆布的庶女，到垂帘听政的太后。这是一场向命运挥刃的复仇，更是一个女人亲手打破枷锁、问鼎至高权力的血色征途。当阳光终于洒满身上，我才明白：原来撕碎笼子的鸟，真的能以众生为食。

蔺云婉前世倾尽真心辅佐陆争流建功立业，坐上侯门主母之位，却换来他偏宠侧妃、冷眼相待，最终被构陷惨死。一朝重生，她回到悲剧尚未铸成之时，心死断情，当众拒婚，宁弃侯门荣华也不再重蹈覆辙。失去后才知珍贵的陆争流幡然醒悟，一改往日冷漠，放下身段步步追妻。蔺云婉凭借前世智慧，手撕白莲花、打脸恶亲戚，护住家人与自身荣耀，在权谋纷争中活出自我。陆争流则一路保驾护航，赎罪守护，两人在爱恨拉扯中解开前世误会，终得圆满。

许婉若带弟投姨母被拒，谢羡予收留。表面清风霁月的谢家大公子，私下逼她牺牲自己。为求生，她x身。谢羡予视她为囊中之物欲纳为妾，她却时刻想逃离谢府牢笼。

姜映晚本钟情容时箐，却因裴砚忱执着追求陷入两难。 经多次冲突、误会，在裴砚忧保护下她认清对其感情。 可容时箐再度现身，让这段感情面临更多挑战。

许婉若带弟投姨母被拒，谢羡予收留。表面清风霁月的谢家大公子，私下逼她牺牲自己。为求生，她x身。谢羡予视她为囊中之物欲纳为妾，她却时刻想逃离谢府牢笼。

姜映晚本钟情容时箐，却因裴砚忱执着追求陷入两难。 经多次冲突、误会，在裴砚忧保护下她认清对其感情。 可容时箐再度现身，让这段感情面临更多挑战。

家徒四壁的困境，将年仅十岁的“我”推入了深深的绝望。为了生计，父亲竟将我的姐姐，那个善良懂事的姐姐，以十两银子的代价卖去了锦昌侯府，充当他人的妾室。姐姐面对哭泣的母亲，磕了三个响头，便头也不回地踏上了命运的未知旅途。她深知，若不如此，家中还有个妹妹，可能会真的被活活饿死。我撕心裂肺地追赶，直到马车的踪影消失在视线尽头，才哽咽着回到家。母亲倚着墙角暗自垂泪，而父亲却已沉醉在卖女儿换来的酒意中，他非但没有丝毫愧疚，反而辱骂母亲不识时务。在他眼中，姐姐能够被侯府看中，简直是“八辈子积攒的造化”，未来将过上锦衣玉食的生活，与他们这些“乡巴佬”天壤之别。

Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) is a take-charge captain of industry who has worked his way up in a San Francisco steel company from a position as a sheet metal worker. He loves his wife Irene (Helen Walker) very much and they have planned a vacation drive together. Irene cancels at the last minute claiming a toothache, but asks that Walter drive her cousin Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett) as far as Illinois. Walter agrees and he and Jim take off together but later Jim knocks Walter unconscious and takes the car only to be hit himself by a truck and killed, his body burned beyond recognition. Walter comes to and suffering a concussion and deep confusion from feeling betrayed by Irene hides out in a small Midwest town until guilt and peer pressure force him to go back to San Francisco and tell his story to the Police. But by the time Walter returns to San Francisco a clever detective Lieutenant Quincy (Charles Coburn) has uncovered some facts about Irene and her cousin' Jim. The police have been holding Irene for the murder of her husband Walter but release her considering that Walter was hiding out because he had killed Jim. Along the way to uncovering the truth in Court Walter realizes some hard fact about what he holds valuable and the trust he has put in those around him.

Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) is a take-charge captain of industry who has worked his way up in a San Francisco steel company from a position as a sheet metal worker. He loves his wife Irene (Helen Walker) very much and they have planned a vacation drive together. Irene cancels at the last minute claiming a toothache, but asks that Walter drive her cousin Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett) as far as Illinois. Walter agrees and he and Jim take off together but later Jim knocks Walter unconscious and takes the car only to be hit himself by a truck and killed, his body burned beyond recognition. Walter comes to and suffering a concussion and deep confusion from feeling betrayed by Irene hides out in a small Midwest town until guilt and peer pressure force him to go back to San Francisco and tell his story to the Police. But by the time Walter returns to San Francisco a clever detective Lieutenant Quincy (Charles Coburn) has uncovered some facts about Irene and her cousin' Jim. The police have been holding Irene for the murder of her husband Walter but release her considering that Walter was hiding out because he had killed Jim. Along the way to uncovering the truth in Court Walter realizes some hard fact about what he holds valuable and the trust he has put in those around him.

一个穿着罩袍的外国妇女带着儿子到哥本哈根警察局申诉遭遇丈夫家暴，但分给她的翻译员似乎不愿意真实传达她的表述。这是一部关于文化隔阂与官僚愚昧的电影。